On this page, we tell you what you need to do in relation to tax matters if your spouse or civil partner dies. We also set out some of the common areas where problems can occur.

Many people – often grandparents – look after their relative’s children to allow the parents (or carers) to go out and work. This can mean they are not building up entitlement to the state pension. Specified adult childcare credits may be available to ensure state pension entitlement is preserved ...

Not everyone has to fill in a self assessment tax return or use the Making Tax Digital for income tax reporting requirements. Common examples of when you are likely to need to fill in a tax return are: if you are self-employed or have some other source of income which is not taxed before you ...

Depending on where you live and when you studied on your courses, it is possible you have more than one student loan but under different plan types. For example, a Plan 1 and a Plan 2 loan, or perhaps a Plan 2 and a Plan 4 loan. 

This page looks at the repayment of postgraduate loans (both Master’s and Doctoral loans) in England and Wales. Repayments for these loans started to be collected from April 2019. Northern Ireland collects postgraduate loans as Plan 1 loans. From April 2021, Scotland collects postgraduate loans as ...

We provide an annotated copy of page 3 of the starter checklist for new employees to help you understand the questions on student loans.